Plate for burners



Nov. 11,1930. G. c. ANDERSON Filed Dec. 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l vwcntoz W a G'earge aim/6M0)? Nov. 11, 1930. G. c. ANDERSON 1,780,396

PLATE FOR BURNERS Filed Dec. 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED. STATES PATENT OF ICE,

GEORGE o. ANDERSON, IOFYDETYROIIVMIGHIGAN, ASSIGNQR TO COPE-SWIFT COMPANY INCORPORATED, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN (PLATE FOB BURNERS Application filed. December 8, 1927. Serial Ne. 238,654.

'This invention relates generally to oil burnerlconstructions and more particularly 7 to oil burner installation and has as one of its primary objects to facilitatesuch installation and to materially reduce the cost thereof. The usual methodof installing oil burners consists in removing either the ash orfuel door of the heating plant'and, substituting therefor, a plate designed to accurately close the fuel or ash door. opening and. to carry the oil burner. While this method'has' been found to be' satisfactory, a serious inconvenience. has been commonly experienced, in obtaining a plateof the required-size to accurately fitin the aforesaidopenings' owing to the oil burner which may be readily adapted to various sized openings and which may bedeveloped from a single piece of metal.

While in particularizing upon the advanj tages and features of the present invention, I particular stress has been placed upon the j association of the adapter plate with oil 7, burner installation and while the illustrative embodiment of the invention herein shown and described is adapted for use in connection with such installation, the invention is broader than this in its scope and is equally v applicable for use in connection with various other forms of installation.

the mechanical efficiency of the device and also add materially to its commercial value and acceptability together with the above objects and advantages will be made more apparent as this description proceeds especially when considered in connection with the:

accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a heating plant showing an adapter plate constructed in accordance with my invention attached; I

. ,r1al,may be removed from ,thg' l t bybreakw thereto Figure 2 is a front elevation ofthe adapter I plate;

F fgure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the adapter plate shown in Figure'2; I

Figure l is a sectional view taken onthe plane indicated by the line lt of Figure 2; Figure 5 isa fragmentary,elevation of a modified form of plate; I

Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the plate shown in Figure 5; and v Figure? s a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line"77 o-fFigure 5. Referring now to ,the drawings wherein 'likejreference characters indicate. like parts, it will be noted that there is illustrated frag mentarily, a heating plant 1'O having ,the usual ash receiving opening 11 within which the oil burner-mechanism '12 is'preferably For sealing the opening jprovide an adapter plate 13 apertured as at-1d for-receiving the burner 12; As shown the opposite faces 15 and16 of the plate are provided adjacent thezedges thereof-with the parallel scores I 17.;- Any suitable number 7 of scores may be formed in the plate, several of which" preferably 7 extend completely around, the" same and areconnected at the corners :thereof by means ofthe diagonal scores 18, the arrangement bein ing 11 for;whichjtisadapted the plate may be readily made to accurately fit theopening Other advantages and novel features of i Q O thi purpose. jHoweveninbreaki ll t .7 constructlon whlch contr bute materia y o 19, n 20 of p p r l of ev adjgk 'centedges 21 and "22 thereof willprojectout;

ingoif portions from either or both the edges wardly beyond theline of'break' and accordjecting portions flushwith'the edges of, the

such that if the platelii as found tobe slightly longer than the openplate. -This severing operationmay be readily accomplishedby any suitable cuttingtool.

On the other hand if'it is' foundthatthe 5 width of the plate i l 31s rslightly'greater than the width of the opening within which; it is to-be engaged, the requiredamountof mateo this latter operation, providing that ajun1- f forrnen onnt of materlal ls'ren oved mm ing off nortions of thevedgesfzl end 22. 'At

the completion ofthis operation it Will be noted that portions ofthe adjacent edges l9 and 20 will project beyond theedges 21 and 22 and may be removed in any suitablemanner. HoWewer, in the eventthetthe plate 13 is fotni'd to he too wide e'swellias toodong,

it may be adjusted to'proper size by rr-emeving a ,w teifn fp ze t rmin d amount-4 f m ri Yes from" eeoli @1 1? the. edges 11 9;2051213nd 22. ,In

each of the edges of the plate,' the severing operation is eliminated jowing'to-ithe f ctithat certain of the scores '17 extend completely *ztrou'nd t he -pl a-te 13 anel-161m the {edges thereof. 5 7 1 l In'the mo dified form-of theinvention lus- "tr atelg in Figu es-1'5 a l e-th g'plete scored iujpon one faceonl'y; the opposite face f beingfo'rmecl with a pluraflity of reini j ribs 23. "TheTei-Ifforoing'ribs prefera 7 respond in number toth'e seores 'and 'hajve tlre outer edges QethereOfdiametrically oppositethe scores so that the -.1 ibs will not interfere fiw-iththeia'dj usting o'f the plate. Moreover by "reason of this constrnction the-plate Will -not. *be materially we aik'ened by the" seo-ri-n tion as theribs are so pos'itioned and es g e Des *to "compensate for th I umen-a1 removed 'dfiring the scoring o'fthe plate; Y I Thus from the foregoing, it'willfhe ntecl ittha-t 'I have provided estandarcla'dapter plate r Whieh'may beaccurately fittedrto anjoperi-i-ng at the point of installation thereby fa'bilitat- 1 :ingsuoh installation endmateri'ally reducing ithecost thereof. g i

"What-I oleimas my-invention is: +1

" n -a-newertiele pf manufactnre asub-jd stant e lly'"rectangular plete hav ngau oirit solar-opening therein for rece1v1ng"-an-oil 1 burner and having a series of scores therein -.adja'eent e fj=-set.forth-. 1 e

l 2. In combination, a heriting plant having 7 an, opening therein for receiving an oil H :bu-rlie'r, arid-means for supporting the'oil burner wfithin said opening, ineens' inarranged parallel to the edges thereof, said j plate further hating-diagonal scores extending {inwardly from the corners thereof and the-scores} disposed parallel to I v ges o f t-he platekfor' the purpose intersecting olii'dingaa plate having 'ag series' 'o f Scores therein arralnged-pam'lle'1-tothe edges thereof end-having diagonal scores extending -intiller having a rdiagonal'fgroove ex ending inmeeting the grooves aforesaid.

ed-gesf 'ofzt heeplizt sai-d plat'e'fiurther :havi'ng a diagonal score extending-inwardly diroin :one edge offthe rp'late and intersecting the ,1 scores aforesaid,;and a eontim ous ribifiormel opera-v tending'inwer'dly from an edge of said plate V "and having another groove arranged parallel to an edge of the plete and' opening" into the -V V diagonal groove eforesaidj r V V 5. As a new article of manufacture a V fr ng b late having grooves mmngedpar-i al lel to a vplate and short of each other, said plateiih? i V wardlyifrom an edge ofthe plate'and con- 6, As a; ,new artile ofmenufa otiire,,a; instil-gihleIpla,te having scores formed in one? face thereof and extending along adjaoent' on the opposite .faee ioif-ti'the -'p;l'2ute rmnged parallel ito thedirstz mentioned:seores. 7. .As newemticle of vmanufeetune; a", f {frangible :pletehaving scores i'zfonm'ed in-v one race thereof and extending eel-011g, aidj alcent' 'mentioned'ascoresi In testimony whereoer-firfilmy signature no, I

V i-weidly .from the corners there'o'f nd-inter; *seetijrig-the per-a-llel'score'saforesaid; 1 i 551a" new mt'iolefiof*manufaeture; .a f

frangible =pla'flte 'sh vinggrooves "extending" along{rdjaoent eflges'of the 'plate' andhmiiri a a diagone'l groove extending inwardly from 1 one {edge of {the plate and Einterseting thei V rooves aforesaid;

it f4 k ew ift-idle of mn l zatiire; a:

frangible plmte having smegma-groo es ac-ent edges of the plate and ter- Lminating short of the opposite edges of the 

